Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] of other [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , I thought too much excitement was not good for him , so I talked of other things , and made him laugh a little .
2 On other nights I dreamed of other pests .
3 I thought of other things ; a fast hockey-match , an adventure story , the problems in a game of chess , a field of snowdrops and crocus in springtime , the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven and as many other happy subjects as I could conjure up .
4 She thought of other happenings since she had arrived in Czechoslovakia , and concentrated her thoughts on Lubor — who had n't found her clinging enough .
5 But Teesdale district councillor Kath Toward said she knew of other ambulance delays .
6 ’ ‘ Will you give me your word you 'll sign ? ’ he asked ; and when I replied ‘ Yes ’ , we talked of other things .
7 We talked of other things .
8 One thing that he did make very clear at the end was that if we thought of other things that he should know about , or it would be helpful for him to know about , we should contact him , so he 's left it very open for us to have an ongoing contact which I thought .
9 During the meal , as if by mutual consent , they talked of other things , but it was difficult .
10 They talked of other things as they approached Blacklion , parts of Ireland they both knew , the parts they liked the best .
11 As an important control , this sentence was neutral with respect to the rest of the passage , so that subjects would be unable to reconstruct it from what they remembered of other sentences in the passage .
12 Dieters were told that they only had to ration carbohydrates and then they could eat as much as they liked of other foods .
13 He thought of other weapons , and their deployment .
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